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Name________________ Date________________ Exercise 1
Using the Verb "To be"
Write the correct form of the verb "To be" in present tense.
Example: I (be) am happy. 1) I
(be) _____ tired. 2) I (be) _____
hungry.
3) I (be) _____ late!

Example:
You / We / They (be) are happy.
7) You (be) _____ nice. 8) We (be) _____
sleepy. 9) They (be) _____ funny.
Example: He / She / It (be) is
happy.
4) He (be) _____ cool.
5) She (be) _____ pretty. 6) It (be) _____
fast.
Now we’ll use nouns instead of
pronouns…
10) John (be) _____ excited.
11) Tiffany and Uma (be) _____
my friends. 12) Ricardo, John and I (be) _____
watching a movie. 13) Hadil (be) 18) Nikkos and

_____ kind. Billy (be) _____
14) Alisa (be) _____ young. 15) The hammer playing at the park. 19) The students (be)
(be) _____ new. 16) My mother and father (be) _____ studying English.
_____ cooking dinner. 17) Rachel (be) _____ 20) The test (be) _____ hard! 21) My best
driving to school. friend (be) _____ coming to my house.
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Using the Verb "To be" Choose the correct form of "to be" in present tense.
Example: I (be) am excited.
Example: Jessica and Akbar (be) are happy.
Example: The new car (be) is nice.
1) The bag (be) ________ blue. 2) The rocks (be) ________ hard.
A. am B. are C. is A. am B. are C. is
3) The children (be) ________ young. 4) Thomas (be) ________ nice.
5) The game (be) ________ difficult. 6) They (be) ________ tired.
7) I (be) ________ thirty years old. 8) Susan and Juan (be) ________ married.
A. am A. am
B. are B. are
C. is C. is
9) Teddy (be) ________ my friend. A. am

B. are
C. is A. am B. are
10) We (be) ________ in English class. C. is
Using the Verb "To be" Write the correct form of the verb "to be" in present
tense.
Note: The verb can be positive (+) or negative (-). Use not to form the negative.
Example: My teacher (be) is nice. (+)
\
Example: The cat (be, not) is not hungry. (-)

1) The old man (be) ________ wise. 2) The sun (be) ________ hot.
3) The children (be) 4) I (be) ________ happy. I (be, not) ____ ____
________ eating bananas. They (be, sad.
not) ____ ____ eating apples.
5) The racecar (be) ________ fast. It (be, 6) My friend (be) ________ buying a new car. Her
not) ____ ____ slow. old car broke down. It doesn't work anymore.
7) I (be) ________ at the beach with my 8) Ko and Jacob (be) ________ very smart. Ko
family. It (be) ________ hot and sunny outside. (be) ________ a scientist and Jacob (be)
The ocean water (be) ________ warm. ________ an
engineer.
9) The library (be) ________ 10) The school (be) ________ small. It (be, not)
open until 9:00 p.m. ____ ____ big.
11) The books (be) ________ 12) Tommy, Steven, and Teddy (be) ________
new. They (be, not) ____ ____ old. acting in the school play.
13) Beatrice (be) ________ at her house. 14) It (be) ________ hot outside. It (be, not) ____
____ cold outside.
15) You (be) ________ finished with the quiz! (be) ________ school.
16) Judith (be, not) ____ ____ at home. She
Name________________ Date________________ Exercise 4 Using
the Verb "To be"
Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense.
My name (be) ________(1) John. I (be) ________(2) fifteen years old. I live
on a farm. It (be) ________(3) in the country. It is quiet in the country. It (be, not)
____ ____(4) loud in the country.
I wake up early. Sometimes, I wake up before the sun rises. Sometimes, it
(be) ________(5) still dark when I wake up. But I don’t mind. I like waking up that
early. I like the way the country looks in the morning.

The first thing I do after I wake up is milk the cow. After I (be) ________ (6)
finished milking the cow, I bring the milk to my mom. I think she uses it to make
breakfast. She makes a delicious breakfast. My mom
(be) ________(7) a really good cook.
Next, I feed the pigs. One time, I asked my mom how
come my little sister
doesn’t feed them. She said it is because my sister (be, not) ____ ____ (8) strong enough. But I still don’t
understand. She is almost as strong as me! I guess my
mom doesn’t want my sister to get hurt. After all, the pigs can (be) ________ (9)
pretty rough, especially when they (be) ________ (10) hungry.
The last thing I do (be) ________(11) feed the chickens. That (be)
________(12) easy. I just throw some food down on the ground and they run out
and eat it. While the chickens (be) ________ (13) eating, I go into their house to
collect their eggs. Chicken eggs (be) ________ (14) really good to eat. They (be)
________(15) easy to cook too. That is what I do in the mornings. I (be)
________(16) pretty busy.
Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense.
Tess and Jen ________(1)best friends.
They do everything together. They spend every day together.
One day they meet on the bus to school. They start talking.
“Hey Jen,” says Tess. “How ________(2) you?”
“Hey girl,” says Jen. “I ________(3) doing fine. What ________(4) going on? What
________(5) you doing today?”
“Oh,” says Tess, “I _____ _____ (6)doing anything special. I don’t have any
plans.”
“That ________(7) cool.”
“Yeah,” says Tess. “But I have something to tell
you.”
“Really! Can I try to guess?”
“Umm…” says Tess. “Well…”

“Okay, I get three guesses. Ready?”
“Umm, well…okay.”
“________(8)we eating dinner together?”
“No, that _____ _____ (9) it.”
“Okay. Are we going to the soccer game together?”
“No. It ____ ____(10) that either.” Tess looks nervous. Her eyes look sad. A tear
starts to fall down her cheek.
“Oh,” says Jen, wiping a tear from her own eye. “Now I know. You ________ (11)
moving away.”
the Verb "To be"
Choose the correct form of "to be" in past tense.
Examp le: You / We / They (be) were sick yesterday.
Example: I / He / She / It (be) was sick yesterday.
1) I (be) ________ tired yesterday. D. was 2) You (be) ________ happy yesterday. A. was
E. were B. were
3) We (be) ________ sad yesterday. 4) They (be) ________ busy yesterday.

A. was A. was
B. were B. were
5) He (be) ________ angry yesterday. A. was 6) She (be) ________ sleepy yesterday. A. was
B. were B. were
7) It (be) ________ cold yesterday.
A. was B. were
Practice writing sentences using the verb “to be” in past tense.
1) ______________________________________________________________ 2)
______________________________________________________________ 3)
______________________________________________________________
Example: You / We / They (be) were sick last night.
Example: I / He / She / It (be) was sick last night.
1) I (be) ________ tired last night. F. was

G. were were
2) You (be) ________ happy last night. C. was D.
3) Richard and I (be) ________ excited 4) Javier and Roberto (be) ________ lazy last
last night. night.
C. was D. were C. was D. were
5) Julian (be) ________ 6) Rachel (be) ________ sleepy yesterday.

angry yesterday.
C. was
C. was D. were
D. were
7) The movie (be) ________ scary. I don't 8) Ko, Teddy, and Peter (be) ________ tired after
want to watch it again. the long drive.
C. A. was B. were
was D. were
9) Jonathan (be) ________ 10) My mom (be) ________ helping the teacher at
hungry. So, he ate a sandwich. school yesterday.
A. was A. was
B. were B. were
Example: My dog (be) was sick last night. (positive)
Example: Carlos (be, not) was not at work yesterday. (negative)
1) The party (be) ________ fun 2) They (be) ________ watching a movie
when Ernesto called. They (be, not) ____
last weekend.
____ watching TV.
3) Jessie (be) ________ tired. So, he went to 4) When she was a little girl, Margo (be)
sleep. ________ very good at tennis. She practiced
every day.
5) My friends and I (be) ________ studying English class. We (be) ________ good friends
English last night. before she moved away.
6) Kendra (be) ________ in my sixth grade
7) The movie (be) ________ really boring. It 8) After playing outside, my dog (be)
(be, not) ____ ____ entertaining. We ________ very dirty. She came into the
stopped watching it before it was over. house and ran into my room. It (be)
________ such a mess!
9) I (be, not) ____ ____ eating a sandwich 10) The students (be, not) ____ ____ ready to
when you called. I (be) ________ eating a take the test. They
salad. needed to study more.
Practice writing sentences using the verb “to be” in past tense.
1)
______________________________________________________________
2) ______________________________________________________________ 3)
______________________________________________________________
the Verb "To be"
Write the correct form of "to be" in past tense.
Exam ple: My dog (be) was sick last night. (positive)
Example: Carlos (be, not) was not at work yesterday. (negative)
1) Teddy (be) ________ driving 2) Mack, Jenny, and Javier (be)

________ walking their dog when I
home when I saw him.
talked to them last Saturday.
3) Who (be) ________ sleeping in my bed? It (be, 4) I (be) ________ going to the grocery store when
not) ____ ____ James. It (be, not) ____ ____ you called.
Julio. Oh, I know! It (be) ________ Roger!
5) At 7:00 we (be) ________ with his friends. He spent a lot of time alone. He
eating dinner and watching T.V. (be) ________ always reading a book or
6) When he was a kid, Ivan (be, not) ____ listening to music in his room.
____ very social. He did not spend time
7) When I (be) ________ in the ninth grade, I helped her parents, did her homework, and
(be) ________ five feet tall. even took care of her little brother. It is a shame
8) Lola (be) ________ a very nice girl. She she had to move away.
9) The cat (be) ________ faster than the 10) The weather (be) ________ hot. We
mouse. So, the cat caught the mouse. Unlucky (be) ________ sweating. I asked my
mouse! mom to roll the window down.
Using the Verb "To be" Choose the correct form of "to be" in present tense or
past tense.
Example: My dog (be) is sick today. (present tense)
Example: My dog (be) was sick last night. (past tense)
1) The clouds moved away, and the sun shone through. The sky was full of
pretty colors. It (be) ________ beautiful.
2) Arturo and Ryo (be) ________ at the party last night.
3) (be) ________ Taylor going to the pool later?
4) The old house (be) ________ built in 1967.
5) Christopher, where (be) ________ you last night? I (be) ________ looking all over for you.
6) Yesterday (be) ________ the best day of my life!
7) I (be) ________ ready to go. When (be) ________ we leaving?
8) Who (be) ________ at the pool yesterday?
9) I (be) ________ very tired. I (be) ________ tired yesterday too. I think I (be) ________
getting sick.
10) I (be) ________ driving to the office this morning when I noticed that I was
getting low on gas. So, I stopped to get more. A kind man filled the tank for
me. He (be) ________ very nice.
Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense or past tense.
Example: My dog (be) is sick. (present tense)
Example: My dog (be) was sick last night. (past tense)
1) Sarah (be) ________ at the party last night. 2) Avery (be) ________ my best friend. She and I
Li-Ning and Akmoud (be) ________ there too. (be) ________ in the same English class. It
meets from 10:00 to 10:50.
3) Mallika and I (be) ________ at Jenny's 4) Johan and I (be) ________ in the mountains.
house yesterday. Now, we (be) ________ at We (be) ________ on a camping trip together. I
Mellissa's house. hope we don't see a bear!
5) When she (be) ________ young, Nisha sport when

(be) ________ interested in science. I was in
However, she (be, not) _____ _____ high
interested in science anymore. Now, school.
she (be) ________ interested in math. Now my
6) Tennis favorite
(be) sport (be)
________
my favorite
________ soccer.
7) My family and I (to be) ________ swimming in 8) Lenny (be) ________ at the football game last
the pool when it began to thunder. The lifeguard night. He (be) ________ cheering for his favorite
told us we had to get out. I (be) ________ team. After the game, he came back home and
upset, but I knew he was right. went to sleep. I think he (be) ________ still
sleeping now. Shhhh... don't wake him up!
9) It rained all day yesterday. I (be) ________ can go outside!

sad because I could not go outside. However, 10) Before, Yoko and Kobi (be) ________
today it (be) ________ sunny. And I
enemies. Now they (be) ________ best friends.
(be) ________ happy because I
Write the correct form of "to be" in present tense or past tense.
“I ________(1) going outside,” said Jerry.
“Wait!” said Jerry’s mom.
Don’t forget to wear your jacket.
It ________(2) cold out there. “But mom,” said
Jerry. “I don’t want to wear it.
I will be fine without it.
Besides, it _____ _____ (3) that cold today.”
Jerry opened the door. The wind ________ (4)blowing
and the trees ________(5)
shaking. Leaves ________(6) falling to the
ground. He shivered a little and stood
behind the door.
“Jerry!” shouted Jerry’s mom. “You close that door and get your coat young man.” “But mom!” said
Jerry.
“But what?” said Jerry’s mom. “I don’t understand why you don’t want to wear
your new coat. ________(7) there something wrong with it?
Jerry’s face turned red. “No!” he said. “Nothing’s wrong with it!” Then he covered
his mouth with his hand.
“Well then…” said Jerry’s mom. “Why don’t you want to wear it?”
“Well, mom,” said Jerry. “I kind of…well…gave it away.”
“You what?” said Jerry’s mom. “You gave it away?”
“Yeah. But don’t worry. It ________(8) okay. I gave it to Marvin. And he really
needs it.” “Why?”

“Well, every time I see him, he looks cold. He ________ (9) always cold, actually.
His parents cannot afford to buy him a jacket.”
“Well, that ________(10)a very nice thing for you to do, dear. But now
what________(11) you going to do without a jacket?”
“I don’t know. Maybe I’ll wear my old jacket for a little while.”

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3) I (be) _____ late!

watching a movie. 13) Hadil (be) 18) Nikkos and

3) The children (be) young. 4) Thomas (be) nice.

5) The game (be) difficult. 6) They (be) tired.

9) Teddy (be) ________ my friend. A. am

Example: The cat (be, not) is not hungry. (-)

early. I like the way the country looks in the morning.

come my little sister

“Umm…” says Tess. “Well…”

3) We (be) sad yesterday. 4) They (be) busy yesterday.

1) I (be) ________ tired last night. F. was

C. was D. were C. was D. were

5) Julian (be) 6) Rachel (be) sleepy yesterday.

1) Teddy (be) ________ driving 2) Mack, Jenny, and Javier (be)

5) When she (be) ________ young, Nisha sport when

9) It rained all day yesterday. I (be) ________ can go outside!

needs it.” “Why?”

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